Bench press: how to use the station without blocking the floor

The point of this order is to take your sets and not block the room. The bench is shared, even if you are alone on it right now.

1. Ask. If someone stepped away and left a towel or plates, the station is still theirs.
2. Safeties. Set the pins just below the chest, before the first work set, not “later”.
3. Rest. Stand beside the bench between sets. Do not occupy it with a phone if people are waiting.
4. Path. Do not walk through the bar path while someone is pressing.
5. Leave. Strip your plates, wipe the bench, move the safeties aside.

The work here is 3 sets of 6–8. With no spotter, the load is one you can set onto the pins with certainty.